Summary
Garrett Kocian is a Principal Software Engineer specializing in frontend architecture with nine years of experience modernizing customer-facing web platforms. Based in San Antonio, he currently leads the ongoing modernization of SOCi’s frontend to improve developer velocity, product quality, and user delight. He has progressed through technical and people-lead roles at SOCi—moving from full-stack and senior engineering to lead and principal positions—pairing hands-on implementation with team mentorship and cross-functional collaboration. Earlier work at USAA and in research shows a strong foundation in full-stack systems, embedded prototypes, and signal-processing experiments, reflecting a comfort with both low-level engineering and large-scale web apps. Garrett combines practical architectural leadership with a history of hiring, coaching, and removing delivery roadblocks to keep teams shipping. An electrical engineering background and experience building hardware-linked health-monitoring prototypes hint at a breadth of curiosity that informs his pragmatic approach to frontend problems.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Texas at San Antonio
Transferred, Electrical Engineering, 3.3, Transferred, Electrical Engineering, 3.3 at Texas State University-San Marcos
Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Biomedical Technology/Technician, 3.7, Associate of Arts and Sciences (AAS), Biomedical Technology/Technician, 3.7 at Texas State Technical College Waco